One Somerset County student has graduated from The Pennsylvania State University this summer.

September 01, 2003

Jason Fisher of Boswell attended the University Park campus, received a bachelor of science degree in turfgrass science.

Ryan Stahlman, the son of a former local resident, has been named to the dean's list at Carnegie Mellon University for the fall and spring semesters.

He is the son of Paul and Linda Stahlman of Fairmount City, Pa., and the grandson of Merlin and Dolores Gnegy of Somerset.

He is a fourth year architecture major and has studied in Rome for the last eight weeks of the spring semester. He also completed a six week class in Rome during the summer of 2001.

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In 2002, he was a member for Carnegie Mellon's entry into the Solar Decathalon competition. The team designed and built a solar energy house, which was transported to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in September 2002.

The team competed with 13 other major universities in 10 contests, which evaluated the efficiency and designs of their houses. He is a 1999 graduate of Clarion-Limestone High School.

He was employed for the summer by Tai-Lee Architects in Pittsburgh. He was inducted into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars in 2000.

Jonathon M. Stahlman of Fairmount City, Pa., the son of Paul and Linda Stahlman of Fairmount City, and the grandson of Merlin and Dolores Gnegy of Somerset, recently participated in the Pa. Governor's School for the Science at Carnegie-Mellon University.

He attends Clarion-Limestone Junior-Senior High School. Only 90 students statewide were accepted this year, among 457 applicants.

The Pa. Governor School for the Science, is funded by contract by the Department of Education, has been hosted by Carnegie Mellon University since 1982.